Ted Nugent, a popular rocker but somewhat polarizing political figure, is coming to League City in a fundraiser for wounded veterans.

The Salute to Heroes Patriot Dinner and Concert, scheduled for 7 p.m. April 12 at South Shore Harbour Resort, will raise funds for Operation Finally Home -- a New Braunfels-based nonprofit that builds homes for disabled service members or surviving families of the fallen.

The city council voted Dec. 17 to commit up to $20,000 in League City hotel occupancy tax funds to support the event.

The event will "enhance and promote tourism and the promotion of the arts, and will raise funds with Operation Finally Home...," said League City spokeswoman Kristi Wyatt via email on Tuesday.

David M. Smith, former professor at College of the Mainland, wrote that Nugent is "infamous for his sexism, racism and violence-mongering."

"Why tarnish a worthy project for veterans with the bigotry of Ted Nugent?" Smith said in his editorial.

In a Jan. 23 response, writer John Dreiss described Smith's piece as "the familiar self-righteous whine from the left." Also stating that "Smith is infamous as a self-professed Marxist," Dreiss said he looked forward to ticket information for the event.

In reply to that, a Bacliff letter-writer on Tuesday said Dreiss' "ranting about Marxism" had nothing to do with "the draft-dodging chicken hawk Nugent" being paid with tax dollars.

Through an assistant, Nugent provided this statement about his appearance:

"I have been blessed and humbled to be welcomed and invited into the lives of U.S. Military heroes and their families all my life. No one is better qualified to determine my worthiness than these special people, thank you," Nugent's statement said.

"I was not drafted during the Viet Nam War but I have served my country and the warriors to the best of my ability my entire adult life. My critics should be ashamed of themselves. I will continue to thank and connect with my warrior BloodBrothers anyway."

In July 2010, Nugent appeared at the Pasadena Convention Center in a benefit for the Bay Area Builders Association, which also builds homes for wounded veterans.

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Nugent, a National Rifle Association board member, appeared at the organization's Houston convention in May 2013. Hundreds lined up for his signature.